Eco-Drive is, of course, still the main focus of the Citizen brand, but Citizen is also a hobbyist’s brand. The company has primarily focused on its Eco-Drive technology of light-powered quartz watches, and a variety of ways of expanding on that brand message. While the Citizen Group has been producing mechanical movements for a long time, it has been over a decade since the Citizen brand introduced a new mechanical movement in one of its watches. Both watches were introduced in 2021 (as of this writing, both have yet to truly hit the market) and are part of Citizen’s current push to promote its in-house-made mechanical movements. First is the $2,000 Citizen Series 8 870, and second is the $6,000 Citizen Calibre 0200. Isn’t the case well-made? Look at the textures on the dial.” The rest would speak for itself.Īs I write this review, I have two watches in front of me that are necessary to compare. In such an instance, upon handing over the watch to a fellow enthusiast, all I would verbally add is, “$6,000. If, however, you are a “watch person,” then pretty much no explanation is needed outside of handing over the piece for personal examination. What I love about the Citizen Calibre 0200 is that explaining its appeal to someone who hasn’t been interested in watches over the last few years would be a long and frustratingly complicated conversation to have. The Calibre 0200 is really well-done, and it is a more than competent challenger to Grand Seiko. Rather, this is the most impressive traditional-style mechanical watch Citizen has ever made - and products like it happen to be really en vogue with watch-collector hobbyists. This isn’t the most expensive Citizen watch ever produced, nor does it represent the brand’s latest high-tech innovation. Even though I unboxed this pretty, new high-end Japanese timepiece alone at home, it would have been great to walk around a room high-fiving Citizen micro-engineers and watchmakers on the achievement. I’ve never felt like high-fiving someone after wearing a new wristwatch, but that was my precise emotional sensation when first putting on the new Citizen Calibre 0200 automatic watch.
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